Critical Care Nurse- RN ICU

Location: San Diego
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Full job description RN ICU - Critical Care Nurse Job Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members. Essential Responsibilities: Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so. Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner. Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies. Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs. Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations. Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs. Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members. Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members. Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate. Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution. Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events. Basic Qualifications: Experience One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care or completion of a KP Pediatric ICU Training Program within the past 12 months. Education High School Diploma/GED Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or (3) currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing. License, Certification, Registration Registered Nurse License (California) Basic Life Support

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